@Clyde_Radcliffe The original arcade Punch-Out and Super Punch-Out (different from the later SNES title) featured an opponent named Vodka Drunkenski. He became Soda Popinski in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out/Punch-Out featuring Mr. Dream. Nintendo was very wary of entering the US home market because of the 1980 crash, and was not taking any risks. "Family Values" were a hot button issue in 1980's America. Video games were still seen as primarily for children. No nudity, profanity, religious symbolism, excessive violence and/or gore, booze, or smoking allowed. This policy continued through the early 90's until the SNES port of Mortal Kombat replaced blood with sweat (despite Street Fighter II: The World Warrior already featuring blood and vomit effects), and modified the fatalities. Even though the game looked better on SNES, it had input lag issues, and in combination with the 'softening' of the violence, it took a backseat to the uglier but more arcade-accurate Mega Drive/Genesis port in both sales and critical reception. When the SNES MK2 was announced, it carried an M rating, and Nintendo has gone by ESRB ever since, with some title-specific exceptions.
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@Clyde_Radcliffe The original arcade Punch-Out and Super Punch-Out (different from the later SNES title) featured an opponent named Vodka Drunkenski. He became Soda Popinski in Mike Tyson's Punch-Out/Punch-Out featuring Mr. Dream. Nintendo was very wary of entering the US home market because of the 1980 crash, and was not taking any risks. "Family Values" were a hot button issue in 1980's America. Video games were still seen as primarily for children. No nudity, profanity, religious symbolism, excessive violence and/or gore, booze, or smoking allowed. This policy continued through the early 90's until the SNES port of Mortal Kombat replaced blood with sweat (despite Street Fighter II: The World Warrior already featuring blood and vomit effects), and modified the fatalities. Even though the game looked better on SNES, it had input lag issues, and in combination with the 'softening' of the violence, it took a backseat to the uglier but more arcade-accurate Mega Drive/Genesis port in both sales and critical reception. When the SNES MK2 was announced, it carried an M rating, and Nintendo has gone by ESRB ever since, with some title-specific exceptions.
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